Former Mayors Lilly Lee Chen and David Lau joined with the City Council at the meeting.

They welcomed all to Monterey Park’s Open House and thanked the Mayor Wong for this event. Mrs. Chen said that she was mayor before some of the residents were born so they do not know the history of our city. Mr. Lau said this Town Hall Meeting will make for a better city for all of us.

Community College District Boardmember and former Mayor Mike Eng joined with the firefighters in using the Urban Rescue equipment that can pull a wall off of trapped victims.

Former Mayor David Lau and Mary and Hannah Wong each tried their hand at lifting the weights under the watchful eyes of our firefighters.

Information tables for each of our city department were manned by city staff, who provided handouts and answers to the residents’ questions.

H20 Owl was on hand to provide information on our water issues.

The firefighters were on hand to train residents on the use of CPR and fire extinguishers.

This very successful Town Hall Meeting drew a very large crowd of residents who were very interest on how their hometown works and their chance to ask questions about the various city services.